Towards integrated and adapted health services for nomadic pastoralists and their animals: A North-South partnership

Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 277-291

  Schelling, Esther ^a,b   Wyss, Kaspar ^a   Diguimbaye, Colette ^c   Béchir, Mahamat ^d   Taleb, Moustapha Ould ^a,e   Bonfoh, Bassirou ^a,f   Tanner, Marcel ^a   Zinsstag, Jakob ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Laboratoire de Recherches Veterinaires et Zootechniques de Farcha   (Chad)

^d Centre de Support en Sante Internationale   (Chad)

^e Institut National de Recherche en Sante Publique   (Mauritania)

^f CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Inter sectoral public health and veterinary services; Mobile pastoralists; Remote rural zones; Stakeholder assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958266673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6699-3_17     Document Type: Chapter

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